Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:45:10 +0000 From: curtis <ufkartfm@pacific.net> To: sproctor@microline.org, "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DEC Multia Message-ID: <3652EB86.A6B5ACF7@pacific.net> References: <000201be12ca$cc387b60$9285adcf@sys2.microline.org>
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> Anyone had any luck installing FreeBSD in the DEC Multia?
(smile) Yes and No
Via the NetBSD method, I managed to build enough 'stuff' to get a
FreeBSD kernel header to appear; however, it would not work all
of the time (1 in 3 tries) due to ncr0 falling asleep.
When I moved to 3.0, I wiped everything, started fresh, and have
been trying various combinations of kern.flp/mfsroot.gz. (smile)
i have never gotten past a 'READ ONLY' system, but if you want to
see it 'sort of work' then:
I do it using three machines (ymmv):
p2/FreeBSD 3.0 running minicom (serial terminal for multia)
multia (target machine) connected to p2 via serial port and hub
alpha xlt300 (holds FreeBSD/alpha SNAPs) and connected to hub
If you can find 3.0-19981031-SNAP, use the kern.flp and mfsroot.gz
from the "floppies" directory. they produce the following headers:
FreeBSD/alpha SRM disk boot, Revision
(jkh@beast.cdrom.com, Tue Oct 27 07:13:06 PST 1998)
FreeBSD 3.0-19981031-SNAP #0: Sun Nov 1 06:33:49 GMT 1998
jkh@beast.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/BOOTMFS
and will take you to here:
/stand/sysinstall running as init on serial console
These are the predefined terminal types available to
sysinstall when running stand-alone. Please choose the
closest match for your particular terminal.
1 ...................... Standard ANSI terminal.
2 ...................... VT100 or compatible terminal.
3 ...................... FreeBSD system console (color).
4 ...................... FreeBSD system console (monochrome).
Your choice: (1-4)2
[snip]
At this point I do an '"Express"/binaries & kernel sources' install
via ftp from the XLT 300. when it is finished and tells me it is
going to reboot, the following will happen:
syncing disks... 9 7 2 done
Rebooting...
halted CPU 0
halt code = 5
HALT instruction executed
PC = fffffc000044fca0
CPU 0 booting
Unexpected Machine Check through vector 00000067
[snip - 'lots of messages']
Brk 0 at 0012F928
0012F928! BPT <<<--- where it stops and i turn off the machine,
wait about a minute, and turn it back on (power cycle).
At this point, I insert another boot disk made from kern.flp:
3.0-19981108-SNAP and boot it via the srm console. the header says:
FreeBSD/alpha SRM disk boot, Revision
(root@sloth.noc.erols.net, Sat Nov 7 15:59:44 GMT 1998)
[snip]
name of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
# df
Filesystem 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
da0a 871262 335338 466224 42% /
# uname -a
FreeBSD 3.0-19981107-SNAP FreeBSD 3.0-19981107-SNAP #0: Sat Nov 7
17:58:41 GMT 1998
root@sloth.noc.erols.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/BOOTMFS alpha
# pwd
/
# ls
.cshrc boot.config etc mnt stand
.profile boot.help kernel modules sys
COPYRIGHT cdrom kernel.GENERIC proc tmp
bin compat kernel.config root usr
boot dev lkm sbin var
# cd
# pwd
/root
# ls /usr/src/sys
Makefile ddb libkern netinet pccard
alpha dev miscfs netipx pci
boot gnu modules netkey posix4
cam i386 msdosfs netnatm sys
coda isa net netns ufs
compile isofs netatalk nfs vm
conf kern netatm pc98
# vi test
ex/vi: Error: Unable to create temporary file: Read-only file system
#
Have Fun, curtis
Steve Proctor wrote:
>
> Anyone had any luck installing FreeBSD in the DEC Multia? I just picked up
> one of these little $99.00 suckers and would love to use FreeBSD on it. Any
> info is appreciated!
>
> Steve
> Sproctor@microline.org
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